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Linux News for Jun 29, 2005
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NewsForge: Microsoft's New Monopoly (Jun 29, 2005, 23:30)
"European legislators who endorse software patents frequently
claim that those wouldn't affect free software (or 'open source').
Microsoft's lawyers are determined to prove they are
mistaken..."
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Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show (Jun 29, 2005, 22:00)
"Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show: Linux desktop publishing,
Dan learns a thing or two in South Carolina, Grokster..."
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Tectonic: Local Organisations Challenge Microsoft XML Patent (Jun 29, 2005, 20:30)
"South African free software advocates yesterday served patent
'request to surrender' papers on Microsoft SA's legal
representatives, urging the company to withdraw a patent it holds
on XML-based word processing..."
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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Open Source Gaining Traction in ERP Market (Jun 29, 2005, 19:00)
"While ERP on Linux is still far from the norm, industry
watchers say it is on the radar screen of technology decision
makers eager to avoid vendor lock-in..."
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LXer: Following Bill Gates' Linux Attack Money (Jun 29, 2005, 18:15)
"Little doubt exists that Microsoft has reached
legislators..."
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ZDNet Asia: Red Hat: Lead With Open Source (Jun 29, 2005, 17:30)
"China's adoption of open-source technology will put the country
in a leadership position in IT, according to Michael Tiemann, Red
Hat's vice-president of open-source affairs..."
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eWeek: Novell vs. SCO Heads into Extra Innings (Jun 29, 2005, 16:00)
"Novell Inc.'s attempt to dismiss The SCO Group Inc.'s claims
that Novell maliciously and falsely claimed Unix's copyrights has
been denied..."
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CNET News: Sun Cools Down Linux Desktop Plan (Jun 29, 2005, 15:15)
JavaOne: "Sun Microsystems is stepping away
from an effort to sell the Linux operating system for desktop
computers, the server and software company's top software executive
said Tuesday..."
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Computerworld Australia: US Supercomputer Expert to Talk on Security Without Firewalls (Jun 29, 2005, 14:30)
"Abe Singer, San Diego Supercomputer Centre's open systems
security expert, will lead tutorials at two Australian Unix and
open systems user group (AUUG) seminars in Melbourne and Sydney
next month.
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FootNotes: GNOME Team Distributed More than 1000 Ubuntu CDs to Visitors (Jun 29, 2005, 13:00)
LinuxTag: "Worldwide, there are now more than
1.5 million CDs with Ubuntu and GNOME in use..."
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HostingTech: Using Windows Terminal Services with Linux (Jun 29, 2005, 11:30)
"If you are like me and you prefer using Linux, but are forced
to use Windows at the job for various tasks, then using Windows
Terminal Services is a nice way of getting around the need to boot
into Windows..."
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Free Software Magazine: Newsflash! (Jun 29, 2005, 10:00)
"RSS has become the defacto feature on weblogs and many news
sites. Almost all major news sites and weblogs provide an RSS feed
for their audience..."
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Howto Forge: Backing Up And Restoring Your Dedicated Server With SystemImager (Jun 29, 2005, 08:30)
"Now let's assume you have a dedicated Linux server (rented or
co-location) that is located in some provider's data center which
is normally a few hundred kilometers away from your office or
home..."
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Flavio's Techno Talk: Filesystem Snapshots with Unionfs (Jun 29, 2005, 07:00)
"Many times, you need to know how a certain filesystem looked
like at some point in time, and you want to be able to roll back
changes that happened to it after that point..."
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developerWorks: Spufs: The Cell Synergistic Processing Unit as a Virtual File System (Jun 29, 2005, 05:30)
LinuxTag: "Base platform support for Linux on
the Cell has been established and is currently on its way into the
mainstream Linux kernel tree..."
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Globe and Mail: Test Driving Linux: From Windows to Linux in 60 Seconds (Jun 29, 2005, 04:00)
"Test Driving Linux: From Windows to Linux in 60
Seconds is obviously not a book for the dedicated Linux user,
but it's useful for the Windows user who is considering moving to
Linux..."
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LinuxInsider: Open Source and the Legend of Linksys (Jun 29, 2005, 02:30)
"It is the natural tendency of the citizens of a nation of laws
to know exactly what the law allows them to do. Thus the legal
profession, and thus the question: What can we get away
with...?"
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NewsForge: Why Linux Needs Rexx (Jun 29, 2005, 01:00)
"The Linux community has largely ignored Rexx, but I believe it
could play an important role in Linux's challenge to the Windows
desktop...?"
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